News & Events

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the University College London, Workshop of ERC NEAstr on "Near Eastern cosmology in late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages"

Oct 27, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

ZODIAC talk: Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe at the Universität Leipzig, Altorientalisches Institut

Oct 27, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at Brown University, Department of Egyptology and Assyriology's colloquium

Nov 04, 2025

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Alexander Jones, "Revisiting the Hellenistic astronomical papyri, with focus on P.Hib. 1.27 and P.Par. 1"

Nov 05, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Universität Leipzig, Altorientalisches Institut

Nov 06, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Workshop "Land Management in Antiquity", Venice Nov 13-14, 2025

Nov 13, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at Yale University, NELC seminar series

Nov 14, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at Harvard University, HAANES lecture series

Nov 18, 2025

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Bill Mak, "27/28 nakṣatra-s in the Gārgīyajyotiṣa — astronomical time reckoning in early Indian astronomy"

Nov 19, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Hamid Bohloul, "Royal Horoscopes in Persian"

Nov 26, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Ralph Neuäuser, "Celestial observations by the Carolingians - knowledge transfer from Arabia on planets, eclipses, and the zodiac"

Dec 10, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Alfred Schmid, "Hatte die Horoskop-Astrologie einen Gegenstand?"

Feb 04, 2026 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Abdurishid Yakup, "Astral Texts from Medieval Central Asia"

Oct 22, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe at Brown University, Providence, Neugebauer Lecture

Oct 15, 2025

Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the Prague Summer School of Papyrology, National Library of the Czech Republic

Sep 01, 2025 - Aug 05, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the 31st International Congress of Papyrology, Cologne, July 27 - August 2, 2025

Jul 31, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

ZODIAC talk: Maria Teresa Renzi-Sepe at the 70th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prague 7-11 July 2025

Jul 10, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Christian Casey at the Université d'été en Langues de L'Orient, Campus de Venice International University

Jul 10, 2025 - Jul 19, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at the 70th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prague 7-11 July 2025

Jul 08, 2025 | 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Thomas Peeters at the 70th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prague 7-11 July 2025

Jul 08, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni at the Conference "Ancient Practical Expertise and Knowledge Practices", RFE-network "Between Encyclopaedia and Epitome - Talmudic strategies of knowledge-making in the context of ancient medicine and sciences", FU Berlin

Jun 30, 2025

Christian Casey at the QUADRIGA Jahrestagung 2025, Universität Potsdam

Jun 20, 2025 | 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the Istituto ricerche solari Aldo e Cele Daccò (IRSOL) in Locarno, "Pathways to and from the Sun with OSKAR (Outstanding Simulations based on Knowledge, Algorithms, Research", Workshop in Honor of Oskar Steiner

Jun 14, 2025

Christian Casey at the Université de Liège, Conference "Everlasting Variations: Case Studies on the Hieroglyphic Repertoire in Synchrony and Diachrony"

Jun 12, 2025 | 11:40 AM - 12:10 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Tommaso Scarpelli, "The Weather in Mesopotamian Cultural History during the 2nd and 1st Millennia BC – Insights from Recent Research"

Jun 11, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Reimund Leicht, "The dynamics of scientific decline in Late antiquity: Some tentative thoughts about models of interpretation for the history of science"

May 28, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums und das ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Marina Escolano-Poveda, (in colaboration with Kim Ryholt), "Heavenly Bodies: Astrological Physionomies in Egypt and Qumran"

May 21, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

ZODIAC talk: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer at the conference "Current Research on Greek Tablets in the British Library", Collège de France, Paris

May 20, 2025 | 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Antonio Panaino, “Stars and Constellations of the Ancient Iranians”

Apr 30, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver an der Universität Tübingen, Internationales Kolloquium zum Ehren von Prof. Dr. Konrad Volk

Apr 24, 2025 | 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Marta Iommelli, "Trees and Shrubs in Mesopotamian Therapeutic and Cultural Contexts"

Apr 16, 2025 | 06:00 PM s.t. - 07:30 PM

Workshop "The Visual Scribe: Tables and Diagrams in Middle Eastern Manuscripts"

Apr 10, 2025 - Apr 11, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Mathieu Ossendrijver at the University of Miami, CAENO Foundation, Department of Religious Studies, Workshop "Cultural encounters in the Hellenistic era: Babylon, Greece, Egypt, and the Biblical World"

Feb 27, 2025 | 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

ZODIAC talk: Alessia Pilloni, “Gazing at the Sky Above Babylonia”, SASA Winter 2025 Master Class

Feb 25, 2025 | 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM

4. Berliner Leseabend der toten Sprachen (LetoS)

Feb 14, 2025 | 07:00 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Tim Brandes, "The Concept of Time in Mesopotamia"

Feb 05, 2025 | 06:00 PM c.t.

ZODIAC staff member Michael Zellmann-Rohrer has been elected to the board of directors of the American Society of Papyrologists

Feb 01, 2025

ZODIAC talk: Lectures for students of Astrophysics, Universität Potsdam

Jan 24, 2025 | 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Research Colloquium ZODIAC, Institut für Wissensgeschichte des Altertums and the ASTRA Project, MPIWG: Pouyan Rezvani, "Ptolemy's star catalogue in the medieval Islamic sources"

Jan 15, 2025 | 06:00 PM c.t.

ZODIAC staff member Michael Zellmann-Rohrer recognised as one of brightest stars across the humanities by the Australian Academy of Humanities

Jan 14, 2025